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In this column, we discuss “big data,” a common term that refers to both the volume of data and the technology that’s necessary to effectively analyze and utilize that data. We address the nature and character of big data, its challenges, approaches to working in a big-data environment, many of the options available to professionals and the role of academics in educating young fraud examiners in the new technologies.

Part two of a two part series on missing disbursement documents is concluded by discussing alternative procedures you can use to determine if the transactions were made to valid vendors for authorized business purposes.

Mentors can help you increase your skills, learn more about your organization, and find a job. They can influence your leadership and management abilities and give you a sense of direction long after you've graduated from school.

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Executives at a large housing management firm stole thousands of federal dollars from low-income, rural rental housing projects. An extensive fraud examination found more wrongdoing than initially detected.

With the increased financial pressure placed on remaining employees after layoffs, there's never been a better time for companies to increase their internal controls and retain their fraud-fighting staff. Thanks to new legislation like FERA, governments and corporations will also be seeking new CFE recruits for their fraud-fighting teams.

Condo homeowners’ environments can be incubators of fraud because volunteers comprise the boards that oversee the collection of large sums of money, and they might not properly manage these funds for the benefit of clueless residents.

David C. Rule, CFE, CISM, CPP, and Tiffany R. Couch, CFE, CPA/CFF, took their oaths of office as newly elected members of the Board of Regents during the board’s semi-annual meeting on Feb. 17 at ACFE headquarters in Austin, Texas.